I TOTALLY, TOTALLY agree with the other girls! I followed the diet 100%, right through Xmas, birthdays, everything and anything, and I lost 6st in 21 weeks. I did not eat or drink anything not in 'the rules', and that included Marigold Boullion, etc, that were apparently 'safe' to have. It was more for the fact that it would be a slippery slope, and in essence I would be saying "one little bit won't harm". Well, this is fine if you could deal with this, but while I was finding it easier and easier to stick to, to the point where I miss the four packs now I'm in RTM for a few reasons, I've watched others in my group leaving after lapsing, or struggling, week in week out, to stick to the plan, because one bite of something started a slippery slope. While I lost 6 stone, others had lost around 2 or 3 stone, with still a good few stone to lose. To me, it's just not worth it, as losing weight was far too important to me.
Definitely each to his own, but I implore you to stick to it completely. It's such a short period of time and the weeks will absolutley fly by! I feel amazing and still am astounded that I buy size 8 or 10 clothes! How the heck!
People often say "I'd love to lose all that weight, but couldn't do LL as I love my food too much", well, believe me when I say no one loves their food, or was addicted to it and used it for comfort and total emotional feeding for so long as me!
I'm so proud of myself for sticking to it and doing so well (funny, I could never have typed that once as I could neither take compliments or give them to myself - I can now and just say thanks, or big myself up a huge amount more than I ever did!).
Give LL a chance and it will give you a fabulous new life back (corny, but very true!!).
Good luck!